Sara Powter

A Lady in Irons Sara Powter

A LADY IN IRONS
England 1800s - Parramatta 1808+

FEMALE FACTORY PARRAMATTA

Katy is mourning the death of her husband after he dies in a shooting accident. Barely coping, she awaits the birth of their child. If it's a girl, she must hand the family home to her husband's brother. The day after giving birth to a daughter, she and her daughter are literally left on the side of a road. She collapses and is found by someone she thought had died in a fire ten years before. Perry, badly scarred himself, nurses her back to health. They marry and move in with her widowed friend, Mary.

After some years, she discovers her husband and friend in each other's arms. Now living in a love triangle, she flees. Grasping the only straw available, she intentionally gets arrested so she can be sent to a colony far away. By doing this, her marriage can be annulled.
What happens in the Colony is not what she expects. Governor Macquarie comes to her rescue. The colony changes not only her life but the lives of many.

But what of Perry and her children?
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